Curtain-holder.



A. DAHLBERG.

CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY5,1910.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

IIIII'II .I ll III III ALBIN DAHLBERG, F DES MOINES, IOWA.

CURTAIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18,1913.

Application filed July 5, 1910. Serial No. 570,225.

T 0 all 20/20 222 it may concern Be it known that I, ALBIN DAHLBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Homes, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Curtain-l-lolder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a curtain holder of simple and inexpensive construction, by means of which curtains may be hung or draped across window frames.

A further object is to provide a curtain holder that may be readily and easily fitted to window frames of different widths without marring or injuring the woodwork thereof.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows an elevation of my improved curtain holder applied to a window frame, said view being taken from outside the window. Fig. 2 shows a plan view of same, the casing being shown in section. Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the fastening means employed in my device for holding a curtain on the supporting lugs. Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of the fastener in closed position secured to the frame, only a small portion of the frame being shown, and Fig. 5 shows a sectional view of the fastener taken on the line of Fig. 4, said fastener being shown in open position. Fig. 6 shows a side elevation of the inside of one of the end pieces 12, the bar 11 being shown in section. Fig. 7 shows top or plan view of one end of the device.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a window frame of ordinary construction to which my holder is applied.

My improved holder comprises an ornamental bar 11, two end pieces 12 hinged thereto, and a number of fastening devices, hereinafter more fully described, secured at intervals to the bar and end pieces.

For securing the holder to the window frame, I have provided two screw eyes 13 screwed into the frame and two hooks 1% designed to enter the eyes, said hooks being secured to the inside of the end pieces 12.

The end pieces 12 are provided with notches at their ends next to the frame, said notches being sufficiently large to admit the screw eyes 13, this being an essential element when my device is applied to window frames of a smaller width than that shown in Fig. 2. The position of the eyelet 13, the hook 14 and the notch 15 when the curtain holder is used on a narrow window shown in Fig. 7.

It is obvious that my device can be applied to windows of many different widths, the widest adjustment being reached when the end pieces 12 are at right angles to the main bar 11, as shown in Fig. 2, and the smallest adjustment being reached when the end pieces are folded over on the bar, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

For securing the curtains to the frame, I have provided a fastening device comprising a bracket and a clamping lever mounted thereon. In the supporting surface 16 of the bracket is formed a small spring 17, said bracket being also provided with projections 18 in which is mounted the clamping lever 19. A slot 20 is out in the surface of the clamping lever near its lower end, said slot being designed to fit over a pointed projection or lug 21 for supporting the curtains, the upper end of said clamping lever being bent at substantially right angles for the purpose of engaging the spring. Vith the clamping device, it is obvious that the curtains will be prevented from disengaging the supporting projections as the spring exerts a pressure on one end of the clamping lever, thus causing the other end to effect a pressure against the bar 11 sufiicient to pre vent the curtains from coming off the projecting lugs.

In utilizing my device, the curtains are first stretched across the bar and end pieces by permitting the pointed lugs to penetrate the upper edges of the curtains, then the clamps are pushed downwardly, each lug passing through the slot in the adjacent clamping lever to thereby hold the curtains in engagement with the lugs. The screw eyes are next put in the desired place in the window frame and the holder is then placed in position with the hooks in engagementwith the screw eyes.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, a curtain supporting bar designed to stand spaced apart from the frame of an opening in a each of said end pieces having formed in the upper side of its free end a notch, a hook secured to the inner side of each end piece at such a point that an eyelet secured to a window or other frame may extend across said end piece Within said notch and engage 10 said hook, regardless of the angle at Which the end piece stands with relation to the hook.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 29, 1910.

ALBTN DAHLBERG. Witnesses MARY WALLACE,

W. A. LoF'rUs.

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